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Welcome to Dickensheet Junction ...

Dickensheet Junction is located in the Idaho Panhandle.

Dickensheet Junction is located in Bonner County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Dickensheet Junction: Dickensheet Jct. (or less commonly used: Dickensheet Jctn.)

Dickensheet Junction is 2,540 feet [774 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Dickensheet Junction is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: Dickensheet Junction lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Dickensheet Junction (for example, toward Troy (MT)), you will leave Pacific Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT).

Area Codes for Dickensheet Junction: 208 & 986<3>

Communities near Dickensheet Junction ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Dickensheet Junction.

  • Newport
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Newport is located in Pend Oreille County (WA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,266 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newport <4>
  • Priest River
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Ponderay
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Dover
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Cusick
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Cusick is located in Pend Oreille County (WA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cusick
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cusick <4>
  • Oldtown
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Nordman
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Colburn
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Wrencoe
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Wrencoe is located in Bonner County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrencoe
  • Ruby
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Ruby is located in Pend Oreille County (WA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Dickensheet Junction. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Dickensheet Junction.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Dickensheet Junction. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dickensheet Junction.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Dickensheet Junction. See our Newspapers Page for Dickensheet Junction.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Dickensheet Junction ...

Looking for more information about Dickensheet Junction? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Dickensheet Junction, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Dickensheet Junction.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Idaho's counties, including Bonner, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Dickensheet Junction - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 208 code has been Overlayed with the 986 area code. New phone numbers in the Dickensheet Junction area will be assigned with one of these codes: 208 or 986. As a result, placing a call in the Dickensheet Junction area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.